Activity Templates

Activity templates are used as a source of default activity (building usage) data for building models.

The data covers occupancy, equipment usage and suitable design internal temperatures, illuminance levels and ventilation rates per person.

The Activity template data provided with DesignBuilder is mainly sourced from the UK National Calculation Methodology and from ASHRAE 90.1 and 62.1.

There are five tabs on the Activity Template dialog:

• General
• All gains
• Occupancy
• Other gains
• Environmental

Template data can be accessed:

• from the Templates tab on the opening screen (if no file is open),
• from the Templates tab in the Navigator panel (if a file is open),
• by double-clicking on the template icon in the model data,
• by clicking on the Edit button when selecting templates from a list.